Monday, September 16, 2013

NY Giants Quarterback Eli Manning and his wife Abbyare special guests at a fundraiser for Mayor Dawn Zimmeron September 30th at the Madison.

The Mayor Dawn Zimmer campaign released a big announcement tonight:

As I head over to celebrate the opening of our new office with the rest of the team, I wanted to take a minute to share some big news. So far, we've announced our council team, collected over 800 petitions and the ballot is ready to go. Now, it is my pleasure to announce our biggest event yet.

Your neighbors and Hoboken residents Abby and Eli Manning will be joining me, Councilman David Mello, Councilman Ravi Bhalla and Council candidate Jim Doyle for a night of football and fun. Oh, and it will be a great chance for you to hear more about how we are fighting to protect the future of Hoboken's waterfront.

As some of you may know, my team and I have been leading the fight to create new parks, recreational space and a waterfront that is the envy of Northern New Jersey.

Join Us, Team Zimmer with special guests Abby and Eli Manning for an unforgettable night.

Monday September 30, 2013

Madison Bar and Grill

1316 Washington Street

Hoboken, New Jersey

Exclusive VIP Reception begins at 7:00pm

$1,000 per person

$1,500 per couple

General Receptions begins at 8:00pm

$500 per person

$750 per couple

Tickets are limited, so don’t miss out on the chance to be a part of this amazing night! To purchase your tickets now go to: dawnzimmer.com/thegame

Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s Administration has reached a contract agreement with the Hoboken Municipal Employees Association. The HMEA has been without an agreement since 2008. The agreement, which provides for a 2% annual increase from 2009 through 2014, was approved by the union membership on Monday, September 16, 2013.

“We are very pleased to reach a fair agreement with our hardworking employees,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. “This agreement demonstrates what can happen when the union leadership and the City listen to each other and work in good faith to address each other’s concerns.”

“The HMEA is pleased that this contract was settled in an amicable way,” said Dianne Carreras, President of the Hoboken Municipal Employees Association.

The agreement will be on the City Council agenda on Tuesday, September 17. After this agreement has been approved by the Council, the City will have current contracts with five of the six municipal unions. Negotiations with the Hoboken Municipal Supervisors Association are ongoing.

Not to be missed, a major development in the SLAPP suit today with a legal information request made to someone who will certainly offer fascinating insights pertaining to Hoboken political operatives and their underwriters. At Grafix Avenger:

Tim Occhipinti announces plans to bring back mardi gras style St. Patrick's Day

In an appeal to low information twenty-something voters, Tim Occhipinti announced as mayor he would bring back the St. Patrick's Day Parade. The parade in Hoboken, the fuel to a full day of alcohol induced libidinous carousing across Hoboken led to scores of residents being held hostage in their homes as swarms of drunken visitors in the tens of thousands went on rampages like locusts against both residents and property.

In the two years since the parade was cancelled by the parade committee which refused to hold it on a Wednesday as requested by Mayor Zimmer, the level of criminality and injuries arriving at the local hospital and alleged criminal activity has dropped dramatically.

Back in 2010, MSV's horse sense editorial St. Patrick's Coming Titanic Disaster urged serious changes saying the Bourbon St. Amateur Hour would lead to a horrible outcome giving Hoboken a national black eye. What followed was cracked skulls, appliances thrown out of upper floor windows and the Fire Department seeing its members having flower pots thrown at them in the course of their duty. The mardi gras atmosphere overwhelmed law enforcement and was heading to loss of life and the resultant lawsuit(s) that would undoubtedly follow.

Until the first Saturday in March was denied as an option to the parade committee by Mayor Zimmer, there was by all objective accounts sheer mayhem increasing year to year with millenials making trips up and down the East Coast marauding across town insulting, assaulting, leaving property damage, urine and resident outrage in their wake.

Timmy Occhipinti's Facebook makes clear he's going for the debauchery vote urgingmillenials to register and vote to bring Hoboken's mardi gras St. Patrick's Day back.It's a travesty and a Cyran shame.

Hoboken resident's vocal complaints were ignored by a feckless City Council and the political might of bar owners who didn't want to see any decrease in the windfalls of the day. Some have continued the "tradition' with a frat boy style party promotion MSV dubbed Leper-con. The event has whittled back the marauding masses citywide and contained it to a far smaller, manageable event downtown.

Occhipinti who is the political creation of Beth Mason's checkbook and other money interest from outside Hoboken back in 2010 is also backed by politico and developer Frank "Pupie" Raia atop his ticket for mayor in November.

Irish groups are split about the cancellation of the Saturday St. Patrick's Day Parade. Locally, some pointed elsewhere as the cause of the problem saying the parade should be maintained on the first Saturday in March while other Irish groups condemned the event as a disgrace to the true meaning of St. Patrick's Day.

Earlier this year, there was word circulating Tim Occhipinti approached the hospitality industry in town saying he would bring back the parade on a Saturday in an effort to obtain financial backing for a mayoral run. It failed but with the sponsorship of Raia and the Mason family, he's now fished his wish.

Talking Ed Note: Timmy Occhipinti's "gravy train" event should let everyone know what he values in Hoboken and it isn't families, taxpayers or the will of the people. Occhipinti has a reflexive habit of automatically siding with monied interests. It's what made him the occupant of the fourth ward council seat. He hopes to see that loyalty propel him to the mayor's chair this November.